Stewart County, Tennessee

Date: 1803 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee us_history

Welcome to the Stewart County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 Ongoing List of Things to Do 3 Stewart County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Stewart County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 See also 9 Sources

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Stewart County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Stewart County profiles to the one tree
4. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
5. Voter or citizenship rolls
6. Records of wills and estates
7. Records of slaveholders and enslaved persons
8. Land records
9. Tax lists
10. Muster lists for militia/military service
11. Add genealogy resources to this page
12. Add statewide resources to the main project page

Stewart County History

Stewart County was formed in 1803 from part of Montgomery County. It was named for Duncan Stewart. The Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson took place in Stewart County in 1862. The county seat, Dover, was partially burned by Union forces.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Stewart County Notables

Geography

Stewart County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law.

Adjacent counties

• Trigg County, Kentucky (north)
• Christian County, Kentucky (northeast)
• Montgomery County (east)
• Houston County (south)
• Benton County (southwest)
• Henry County (west)
• Calloway County, Kentucky (northwest)

Government Offices

• Stewart County Tennessee website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Stewart County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Stewart County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Stewart County Fact Sheets
• Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
• Stewart County on Genealogy Trails
• Stewart County on Tennessee GenWeb
• History of Stewart County
• Index to Stewart County Confederate Pension Applications

Communities

Cities

• Dover (county seat)

Towns

• Cumberland City
• Tennessee Ridge

Unincorporated Communities

• Bear Spring
• Big Rock
• Bumpus Mills
• Indian Mound
• Leatherwood

See also

Stewart County on Wikipedia

Sources